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Sentence 3 of 35 · Le arance d’oro, Luigi Capuana, 1882

Quando arrivava la stagione delle arance, il Re vi metteva a guardia una sentinella, notte e giorno; e tutte le mattine scendeva lui stesso a osservare coi suoi occhi se mai mancasse una foglia.

When the orange season came, the King posted a sentry there on guard, night and day; and every morning he came down himself to check with his own eyes whether even a leaf was missing.

Every word in it

As printedDictionary formMeaning
Quando quandowhen; a quando a quando — now and then (conj.)
arrivava arrivareto arrive, to come to (v.)
la lathe (feminine); her, it (object); she (Tuscan subject) (art.)
stagione stagioneseason (n., f.)
delle delleof the, some (di + le) (art./prep.)
arance aranciaorange (the fruit) (n., f.)
il ilthe (masculine singular) (art.)
Re reking (n., m.)
vi viyou, to you (plural, or polite to one person); there (literary for ci) (pron.)
metteva mettereto put; mettersi a — to begin to; messe — old form of mise (v.)
a ato, at; in (a before a vowel: ad) (prep.)
guardia guardiaguard; watch; fare la guardia — to keep guard (n., f.)
una unaa, an (feminine); one (art.)
sentinella sentinellasentry, sentinel (n., f.)
notte nottenight (n., f.)
e eand (ed before a vowel) (conj.)
giorno giornoday (n., m.)
tutte tuttoall, whole; tutti — everyone; tutto solo — all alone; tutt’a un tratto — all at once (adj.)
le lethe (feminine plural); to her; them (f.) (art.)
mattine mattinamorning (n., f.)
scendeva scendereto come down, to get down (v.)
lui luihe, him (pron.)
stesso stessosame; io stesso — myself; sé stesso — himself (adj.)
osservare osservareto observe, to remark (v.)
coi coiwith the (con + i) (art./prep.)
suoi suohis, her, its; Sua Maestà — His Majesty (adj.)
occhi occhioeye (n., m.)
se seif; as if (come se); himself, oneself (si before another clitic: se ne, se la) (conj.)
mai maiever; never; se mai — if by chance (adv.)
mancasse mancareto be lacking; mancare a — to fail in (v.)
foglia foglialeaf (n., f.)

Read «Le arance d’oro» in the room Every word glossed where it stands, the English a tap away. This scene asks for no account.

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